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23 Why does he[a] give light to a man whose way is hidden,
and God has fenced him in all around?
24 For[b] my sighing comes before[c] my bread,[d]
and my groanings gush forth like water
25 because the dread that I feel[e] has come upon me,
and what I feared befalls me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:23 Most likely God
  2. Job 3:24 Or perhaps emphatic, “Indeed”
  3. Job 3:24 Or “in place of” (NET); literally “to the faces of”
  4. Job 3:24 Or “food”
  5. Job 3:25 Literally “dread”